IDAHO (MT)

WordGirl"Nocan The Contrarian/Meat My Dad"
Nocan The Contrarian - Mr. Botsford wins the role of "Mayor for the Day" just as WordGirl's newest villain Nocan the Contrarian lands ashore. When Mr. Botsford says "down" he says "up"! When WordGirl says "attack" he says "defend" followed by a barbaric yelp. WordGirl has to find his weakness in order to restore the city to normalcy. D

4:00 pm

Wild Kratts"Build It Beaver"
The Wild Kratts team must lend a hand to help a beaver rebuild its damaged lodge and restore the ecosystem for all the creatures who live there. Science Concepts: Beavers make dams that block the flow of water down a stream. Through building dams, the beaver single-handedly transforms the landscape, creating homes for a variety of wildlife. D

4:30 pm

Cyberchase"A World Without Zero"
Why does glamorous Gollywood go ga-ga when a nobody like Mister Z skips town? It's a fiendish Hacker scheme, of course. Because of a poison pen campaign devised by Hacker, Mister Z feels worthless and unwanted. He decides to leave Gollywood, taking his zeroes with him. D

5:00 pm

Fetch! With Ruff Ruffman"The Ol' Shell Game"
Ruff gets a phone call from his friend Crush, the sea turtle from Disney's Finding Nemo, who tells him that his turtle friends are in trouble. Ruff sends Marco and Shreya to Florida to learn about turtles and help turtle hatchlings on the beach. He also sends Jay to be a contestant on a mysterious radio game show, which turns out to be a little unfair. D

5:30 pm

Nightly Business Report
Tonight on Nightly Business Report, the Supreme Court hands down a ruling on same-sex marriage. NBR will look at the implications for businesses big and small. Plus, NBR will tell you why adjustable rate mortgages, popular during the housing boom, may be making a comeback. D

Nature"Black Mamba"
One of Africa's most feared snakes, with a bite that is 100 percent deadly without treatment, has a new champion. Snake handler Thea Litchka-Koen, along with her husband, rescues black mambas in Swaziland from inappropriate locations - homes, gardens, hotel rooms. This leads to a radio tracking program for rescued black mambas, which reveals previously unknown information about the snake.G

8:00 pm

NOVA"Earth from Space"
This special reveals a new space-based vision of Earth. Produced in consultation with NASA scientists, the film takes data from Earth-observing satellites and transforms them into dazzling visual sequences, each one exposing the intricate web of forces that sustain life on Earth. The techniques reveal how dust blown from the Sahara fertilizes the Amazon; how a submarine "waterfall" off Antarctica helps drive ocean currents; and how the sun's heating of the southern Atlantic gives birth to a powerful hurricane.G

10:00 pm

Wild Africa"Deserts"
Rain does not fall evenly across the African continent. Some places are so far from mountain ranges and coasts that rainclouds evaporate before they reach them. In other places, cold ocean currents sweeping Africa's shores starve the land of moisture. Part 3 of 6G